ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20150345953A1
• Filed: 08/11/2015
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Yato, Shinsuke
• Application Number:
  US14/823,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20150345953A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/12 executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/14 by recording the course traversed by the object G01C21/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/165 combined with non-inertial navigation instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/47 the supplementary measurement being an inertial measurement, e.g. tightly coupled inertial

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a location detector, an acceleration detector, a processor and a navigator. The processor is configured to determine a mode of travel based on a detection value of the location detector and a detection value of the accelerometer, and record data associated with a location where the mode of travel changes. The navigator is configured to navigate a way to the location recorded in the data.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a location detector;

an accelerometer;

a processor configured to;

determine a mode of travel based on a detection value of the location detector and a detection value of the accelerometer; and

record data associated with a location where the mode of travel changes; and

a navigator configured to navigate a way to the location recorded in the data.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a display; and

a receiver,

wherein the navigator is further configured to display two or more candidate locations as destinations on the display, the candidate locations recorded in the data, and the receiver is configured to receive a selection of one from the candidate locations.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein:

the processor is configured to;

detect a stationary state based on the detection value of the location detector and/or the detection value of the accelerometer; and

record data associated with a location where the stationary state is detected and the mode of travel determined before the detection of the stationary state differs from the mode of travel determined after the detection of the stationary state.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the navigator is configured to display an image indicating a course to the location on the display.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, further comprising a voice generator,

wherein the navigator is configured to output voice indicating a course to the location from the voice generator.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the processor is configured to;

detect a stationary state based on the detection value of the location detector and/or the detection value of the accelerometer; and

record data associated with a location where the stationary state is detected by the processor and the mode of travel determined before the detection of the stationary state differs from the mode of travel assessed after the detection of the stationary state.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising an altitude detector, wherein:

the data comprises a detection value of the altitude detector; and

the navigator is configured to navigate a way to the location based on the detection value of the altitude detector in the data.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a display,

wherein the navigator is configured to display an image indicating a course to the location on the display.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a voice generator, wherein the navigator is configured to output voice indicating a course to the location from the voice generator.

10. The electronic device of claim 8, further comprising a voice generator,

wherein the navigator is configured to output voice indicating a course to the location from the voice generator.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the location detector comprises a global positioning system (GPS).

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the accelerometer comprises an acceleration sensor.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a location detector configured to detect a location where a mode of travel changes; and

a navigator configured to navigate a way to the location detected by the location detector.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which is executable by a computer, the computer program controlling the computer to execute functions of:

determining a mode of travel based on a detection value of a location detector and a detection value of an accelerometer;

recording data associated with a location where the mode of travel changes; and

navigating a way to the location recorded in the data.